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<- ? 1.1?. I . . JL ..?.'lUSirJ:! t aimt._; YAii^mi-w v ujt q OOO0 8&tff-G WAS JT? %QT* JJ Ajr-i ,- i VOLUME II....N0. QOO] ?#y'' ' OHARLESTON. S. O., SATURDAY* MORNING, MAY 1Q. I860. C PRICE FIVR ^?^XT-T-O fcY TELEGRAPH. Congressional News. WASHINGTON, May 11.-The Senate has passed tlo Appropriation Bill, after striking out Uio a Mattaent heretofore adopted, preventing par ti is from, receiving any pay until confirmed by ti e Sonate before the passage of the Bill. Senator COWAN niado a speech, dedaring that ti oao who interposed to prevent tho Southern S ates from boing represented wero dieun'onisfs, ad that opposition to restoration waasuporin diced by fear of losing pol i tie ?vi power., .* / . i Con. Blekle? Confirmed. frV?sniNQTON-, May 11.-GOn. 8IOKI.ES has been cdnfirmed as Minis ter to tho Haguo. T . . ."ni' '*- ..' Indictment of Jefferson Davis. ' NOBFOI-, May 11-Judge UNUEIIWOO? went Nit-th last nicht,.taking with him the, indiotment aj atiitit JEFFEBSON DAVIS. . NOBFOLK, May li.-tato yesterday afternoon, _e grand jury of the United S ta to? Circuit Court in/session, brought in a trae bill against JEFFKU HOf DAVIS for treason, and adjourned until the ?ikt Tuesday in Juno, to moot in Biohmond. I Ifew York Market. ??RW YOHK, May 11-Cotton firm at S4o. to 35c p.rlb. Gold 291. . * . . _ - . . t ** ".*"" Mobile Market. -oniLE, May 11_Sales to-day 1200 bales; Mii? ? ding at S2o. to 33o. per lb. Sales ot the week 3950 biles. ReoeiptB of the week 3045 against 3114 the pi o vio ua week. Exporta of the week 9019. Stock _ 800. Stock unsold 36,000. X___-T__< 'NEWS. From Sont- America. NEW YOBK, May 9.-Panama advices state that th? news from South America is unimportant. Matters remained perfectly quiet at Valparaiso sillico tho bombardment. All the Spanish fleet, with one exception, bad sailed for Northern ports. Tue Danish Consul-Gcnoral sont a note to the Spanish Admiral, saying that his Government would hold Spain responsible for the damage done toDanibh property m Valparaiso. Tho Admiral refused to receive the note. Immediately after tho bombardment of Val paraiso, the English minister was roquosted to vat-to tho premmes occupied by him, and no "one will rent him another house. His name was also stricken from the list of luombers of the "Club do Ia Union." Only two..lives wore lost and eisULpersons woui clod during the bombardment. Cue hundred and fifty-6no! government'Biores, containing- ?up wards of $8,000.000" worth of foreign merchandise, were destroyed. The bulk of the loss will fall on foreigners. . At Callao preparations were actively making for the reception of tho Spanish fleet by the erections of fortifications. Probst Hxcoulton? | Pnn.ADEi.pnrA, May 9.-Tho death warrant for the execution of Antoine Probst on Friday, tbe 8th of Juno,, was received by the sheriff this morning., ?The priaonor received tho announce ment quietly, seeming entirely unmoved: Ho had previously told" his oonfeBSor that he believed dei.; h was the only expiation for hip crime, and hu waa willing to aunor? , Tin Cholura In Nf>. VorU. '.**! ? NEW YOBS, May 9.-The Health Officer reports four new cases of ?holera, but no deaths, in the Hospital ship sinoo last report. Tlie Jackson Railroad-A Tornado. NEW OBLEANS, May 8 - Qen. Beaurcgard and W. Adams bave gone to Europe to negotiate Jackson Railroad bonds. President Johnson has modified their paroles BO that they can go and re turn. A tornado, accompanied by hail, has passed over Louisiana and Arkansas, destroying crops. The cotton seed replanted is all bad, and plant ers are in-despair. .t( ;\.?-. i> "? ? ' -i? i i ? ? ?. Prpsliylcrlan. Assemblies in St. _oula V, ;'* Condition of I lie City. .. ?i'T HT. LoT-iH, May 8 -ID addition to'the'*eliglbua convention called by Dr. Brcckinridge, of Ken tucky, which will meet here on the 17th instant, the Presbyterian Oenoral Asee?-blies, of 1 both tho Old and New School, will converjo here on the 17th instant. Ono thousand delegates aro expected to be in attendance. Ample provision has benn made! ?lbr all that cn ne. AH the railroads in the State, two or three Mississippi packet companies, and ?several of the main railroad lines to the East, have agreed to convey the dclogatoa at half price. . The health and sanitary condition of St. Louiej v?a never better than at the present time. ? . From California. ,* >'il'l | SAN FRANCISCO, May 5.-The steamer Sierra! Nevada has arrived from Portland, Oregon, bnug-i _g $67.000 in treasure.. Two hundred packages' of the finest oolong tea sold yesterday at 55 cents' per pound, 30 days' credit, -at?- Market*. NEW YORK, May 10.-Flour lias a?-Hu rd 10 to 20 cti. "Wheat declined 3 to 6 cents.. Com firm at 80 to 83 cts, Btef stesd;/. Pork fl-ru at $30 io to tal p?r bbL Lara heavy st 19 to 20y c'eut?; . Whiskey dull. Cotton firm at-to 85. At auoUonUOQ bales fNew Orleans sold st 21 y to 32y centa per pound. 8ugar s-.eady. Nava? IJtore? dall. Gold 110% *',r BALTIMORE, May 0.- Flour buoyant. Bl?h grades advanced 50 cents. ' Whait firm. Corn steady-white 84 to 85 cents; yellow 8" couts. Oats dull at 66 centsj Provisions asiive. bug- firm. Ooffoe dull. Wh_kejf ateady. 1 Cn io Ano. May 8.-Flour active and advanced lOeJ Wheat active and advanced 7 to 10c; Bales at $1 63 to 1 66 for No l. and $119 to f 1 34 for No 2, closing unset tled at outside figures. Corn dull at 49yo tot No 1, and -45c for No 3. ' Oats Arm at 31 to 31*4*0. Provisions firm li ess Pork $80. Freights quiet; corn 9 "io for Bunalr oDis Flour, 82,000 bush Wbeat, C8.0W bush Corn.'kna 38,000 boah Oats. . .,., ?:?,.? .,... V* "M MILWAUKEE, May 0.-Flour. Arm. 1 .Wheat advanced 10 cents, closing lirai at $1 84 for No. 1. Boeelpts? 101,400 bushels Wheat; 18,000 bushels Oar?. Shipments -300 bbls. Fleur and 19,000 bushels .Wheat. ,b , j I " Bt. Louis, May 8 -Cotton firm at 81 to 83o. Flour ., firm at full prlcoa. Wheat firm; prime' fall advanced to . $2.3533.50. Corn declined 2 cents; rales at C5 to 1U. patseaslQi*; sale? at 42 to 45o. Pork _-banged. Ba ton-Sales clear sides at 18o; shoulder* 18c' Lard-Sales' 4131 to 32c. Whiskey iteady at $218. . ??.*'?. "' OiMonwATi, .Hay 8.-Flour-35o higher and unset tled ?bolder* disposed not to sell. Wheat-Held 60 high - , but the advance was not fully establish?-, and the market fqr both flour and wheat must be rega>ded .s unsettlod. Corn steady at 69 cents for mixed m ele vator, and 69 to 70o In ssoks. , Oats Armor, 43 to 450/ ? je 78 to 83o Wolskey H?* at $9 33, duty paid. Pro -dons-Mess pork oold at 8O0 in forenoon, but closed 'dall; lard sold at 33c; bulk meats In good demand?t 11X to 14XO. Go-138>4V - . LocnJVifj,B, Hay 8.- Tobacco?^flales 66 hhds Leaf to bacco a\f?? rates, lncladlng Vi rkftfe ot 80t**>$!. 1? lour Baperffue $8-, extra family $n^obro-_ii?Jd In bulk ?Wo. Oat? 47o. Pork-Msis Pork $80; Baoon, 8hould ?ders 13)io; Ole.r Sides I8X0. WhUksy-Baw $3 33.T Mil ?^fOBr-VH?, May ft-Cotton Is ?Upressod; aalcs ?CO -'.-..*4^*',.w ?^'?".?'?W^ rtnr dais 3498 ajatnst 6078 bales last week; t_portV 3965, ?took 157,319 bales. F.oux baa advanced BOO. Corn 7?Ko ' ]<twtr- K?.tk ?8!.76 ?_ '*.*.?. :c*rd KX?- Sterling ex. chango 189. Cold 1*9. , ? ^^ ,. 1-uoaXiBt?, May 8,-Flour linn, without on'otahie doll, with a dedinIn a tendsuoyj fiaros"of yellow at I lo, OaU firm: holdsra demand an adranee. fetrolcom. LITKRATURE.. Tua Oniorn ?? rar. LATE WAK. By George Lunt. D. Appleton k Co. : New York. 186?. The author profaces the work by an allusion to tho long controversy, somotimos activo, thon sub dued, but novoraotually at r??l? between tho Nor lb and the South. Ho regards " slavery, in the popul lar aonee, as much tho causo of tho wir, as pro perty ia tho cause of robbory;" but, as wo havo not yot reached absolute rosults from tho emanci pation of slavery, inuoh of the volumo rolatea to a period some time pan*. Ho, trace a the anti elavory movement irr the North to the. State of PonnBylvania, whioh established a gradual eman cipation for the alavoB within its own limits in 1780-not operating, however, with full effect until near fifty years afterwards. This ho regards aa the commencement of that, spirit of sectionalism whioh subsequently led to econca of unparalleled excitement in tho halla' of Congress, and Dually culminated'in such disastrous consequences. The bill reported for the admission of Missouri on an equal footing' with the other S ta ton, and the amendment offered providing against the further iritroduotion of slavery, he also regards as one of tho questions in whioh tho seeds of national dis sension were sown. From that time, however, the topio Of slavery, in moat of its aapeota, ceased for a aterios of years to excite any particular in terest in the popular mind. ? ?, . In 1838 the Legislature of the State of Vermont paseod oertain resolutions for the consideration of Congress in favor of the abolition of slavery in the District of Columbia. These resolutions wore strenuously opposed by Mr.' PnBSTon, of South Carolina, and in the debates whioh ensued the House was converted - into an aron a for a battle royal on the subject of slavery. The author then traces some of the minor causea which led to a disturbance of the foundations of the Government, and then adverts to the project for the annexation of Texaa. While there is no doubt that it waa conceived (as the author asserts) "for the pur pose of strengthening the political power of the South," he should have borne in mind that there had beon a constant' accession of Free States to the Union, and the balance of power was rapid ly passing into the hands of an Abolition party? Tho minds of Southern Representatives were kept in a state of nervous agitation, continually dreading a Northern majority which would attack their rights and institutions. ' . '.?? I In 18?4 the Legislature of Massachusetts sent io their Representatives in Congress a resolution to the effect "that tho project, for tho annexation of Texas, unless arrobted on the threshold, might te.id- to drive..thfise.states into.? dissolution ofjl?e Union!" > ? . .. -. ,", .. , Whilo we have no doubt that theso resolutions were held as a monaco to prevent the.consum mation of the object, still, in later days, such an action would hardly fail to incur the imputation of disloyalty ; and it affords, perhaps, one of the most emphatio examples of tho assertion of "State Bights." Atter the admission of both Texas and California into'tho Union, there w?ro' sixteen Free States and fifteen ?layo^ States, computing Dela ware amongst the jenter,', which, was/merely norhi naljy in that category. ^.TJ??? ueeeb^arilyaccaro? a majority, of Sonatora from the Free States, and,' upon most questions involving any, teat, of opinions; the. Delaware -Senators acted in unison with the Northern members. The preponderance with the North gradually increased, until a great disparity was the result. This certainly was not a very encouraging prospect for our people, at a timo when tho ill-onioned cry of the "Slave Tower' was raised, and which was mado the instrument of exciting such fanciful dread at'tho North. The author here provea conclusively that it \yas elmply' a party cry, raised, against, tho alliance betwoen lovers of the Union jp both, eoot ion?. It was about this time that Mr. SEWARD made an allusion to the "Irrepressible conlliet between freedom and slavery," as the guiding and deter-1 mined principle of his party-that is to say, a con flict between North and South, whioh was certainly regarded by the lattor section as a desperato threat of tho struggle to come. And the author timely adds, "that even such a conflict, if 'irre-' pressible,' might still haye been kept within due, bounds, aa it had boen for nearly seventy years, but for the resolute purposecf a dominant party;" and it cannot be denied that that party, co'mpoaod of a factious set of'men.-wotil? Willingly lead it-i self to any. oause of agitation that' promised suc cess at homo. ' A great por lion of the work ia then du vutod to, the several Compromises, of which the qncutipn of slavery was,thoj element; and tho sup position is . plausible, that 'liad the Oi din ance of 1787 bec a rigidly adhered; to, futuro national trou b l?B might have been obiiated. Tho Compromise; Of 1830 Wast in' on important sense, calculated to maintain peace; but it- wa8 Violated ill-spirit by continuous'' aggrofl'siono from tho North. 'A de* mina was" next made "for the repeal of the Fngi tiff slftye'laW of '?8M,''rfeoIarIng,. ''tnit slavery waa* a ?jin agsainst God apd, man, and that "humanity and patriotism alike demand its abolition." This was a decided blow aimed at the inetitu tioh of tho Solith, and although tho resolution, received littlo attontlon at that tinio, if ' was re? viv'ed with'tho Kanuao and Nebraska quealiou. The author hore asserts (and wo freoly coincido with bim) "that bivil war to ?he.United States Regari in Kansas." Tho bombardmont of Fort Suniter may havo boon tho firsi,act of War. which power} 'folly oxcitediho Northern im agination, but tho first gun waa fired ?n the Territory of Ka'uaaa-tho ?Qcond In the raid of JpnN CHOWN. A detailed ac count of' tho Kansas troubles- aro thon g i von, and the.other causes of diaoprd whioh oo-opcrated with this duo f??om time to time to produce a doep-aoat ed ali?nation of feeling between the sections, and led them to con tempi atb the dreadful arbitrament 'ol' civil war. Tho "Hulper" Dook next appeaioa?, with such paeaa'go? as "No7 c?-operation with Slave-holders in poll tied; no fellowship in religion; no affiliation in socio ty-for the Republican party piust give tho doath-blow to Hlavory.". ? work BO intomperato and ferocious waa ciroulutcd, with a commendatory certificate of sixty-eight membqrs ?of Congre UP, which waa, certainly calculated to oxorebso any thing but a salutary influonco towards promoting the causo of tho Union. ? ' The National Demoo.-atio Convpnt ion, which mot at Charleston in 1860, carno together with no very harmoniouo ?spirit. . Mr. DOUGLAS, the prominent candidato, placed himself upon the Cincinnati platfonu and Dred Scott decision; but, after a gre at doal of <lUpu t ft Uqu x uga rd Ing the admis a ion of delegates with antagoniste credentials, and a very^WArm oontrovarey on the Presidential nomi no'o, ^t'ho Wain body of tho Southern delegates. ?WiarowV '?pi? Republican Convention then met at Chicago, wnl.c?a r?aulte'd in '?io nomination of Hr. W>??- ? ,..':'.' C1 ,'.".?;.? Li??.?COLN and his Bubsequont olection, rogarded by our pooplo as a noto of challenge. Tho pro ceedings of the Chicago Oonvontion are admitted by tho author to havo boon .'equivalent to a pro clamation of absolutely hOBtilo purposes against the South." It was not technically a declaration of war, becauBO it proposed only to uao the pacifia ?oroo of superior ' numbers in ordor to do prlve tho minority of, its rights under the Consti tution. Tho right of secession-is not discussed by the author, hiAfltCprt'e being confined exclusively to1 an illustration ot tho positive causos of tho war. Just boforo tho sccoaslon movemont, the proeont Prosideht^or tho United ?States declared in a speech, that "there aro two parties inexistence," who wanted a dissolution of tho Union. Slavery and a Southern Confederacy, ia tho hobby. Sum ner wants to break up the Government, arid so do the Abolitioiiisle .generally. ,, They hold that if slavery survives, the tinton canhot'oiiduVo. ? Seces sionists argue that if tho Union continues slavery is lost. Abolitionists want n?'oohipromiao, but they regard peaceable s'ec?sil'bri. dt 'a J humbug. Abolition ia dissolution ; dissolution is BOCDO eion." From this laconic address may be summed np "? tho entire causo of the terrible, sanguinary, and protracted strug gle through which' wo havo just 'pass ed.. The author dwells at length on-the pro positions of the reaco'Conference in 1861, which was evidently a sound basis, for the settlement of the controversy. On the 3d March a final dispo sition was made of the question, and a termina tion put to those lingering hopes which might have been entertained of an amicable adjustment. As we havo before stated, the author avers his objeot in writing this volume to bo only the pur pose of tracing the direct and indirect causes of the war,,without any pains boing taken to exhibit the sentiments of determined soccssioniots before or after these causes had accumulated and become tho oasis of their action. Except for tbeao causes, he save, " the promoters of secession would have had no ground of action, and could have mado no Hiich appeal to the people of the South na to enlist thom in,a transaction so momentous as robollion against the. Government ;" nor could they, have persuaded them that their rights and interests demanded of thom the perils and sacrifice's neces sarily involved in euch an attempt. " But now that the'war is over, tho author makes two very important inquiries : .,, ,, j. What is to ho tho permanent loss or gain to the country by reason of tho war; and^what, obstacles, if any, aro in the way of its permanent restora tiou to,the state before th? war,? He Bays: '.'The, supoi ior power of the'United StatCB having been vindicated by the final r?duit of the struggle, the submission of tho South is necessarily equivalent to an abandonment of. all further purpose of re si stance.'' "This posture of affairs among a kin dred people of sister States ought surely tobe sufficient, for why should thoro bo a 'tribe lacking in Inraol?" j Since that eubm?Bsion," Whether vol untary or involuntary, ia complete, Uio speediest possible restoration of the Southern States is for the inter?s,?- .of the whole country; for so long, he MBorta.'-.VJ?f Ue .Condition/ of the 8tatee'remain unequal, the stronger uootioii ocuup??s ' lh?"aU? tude of a despot, the .weaker that of a vassal, and it would bo a ?trange commentary upon the war, if in liberating negroes Its 'effoot should ho to re duce white mon to bondage." - Coming, from an eminent lawyer of Massachu setts, we accept it as tho moat favorable work to ward the South we have perused sinoe the termi tion, of hostilities, Its analysis 1B singularly in tereating, while its resoaroh of historical records exhibits a most valuable oxamplo of compression and precision. It ia written ia ah:easy, graceful, flowing styio, free from thoso authoritativo cor ruaoatione wliioh aro always repudiated by pure and true-hearted writers, the works of some of; the most profound of whom are characterized by thq simplicity of language in which they havo horne witness to 'truth J It is a work which?we can cheerfully commend to the peoplo of the South, ,'yfh?r? it desorves, and wher?s, we trust, it, will receive, immense circulation. It can be purchased at the bookstore oft Mr. JOHN RUSSELL. , -' ??j IT jfe*i?"-\ *?*!*? . .i'Vi'di.-' O?) .'"' ' National Hank Ma hage nient. The ' failure 'of thej ??erohant-* National Bank of Washington seems to have aroused) tho' publio'ito'ah;.investigation into?the cpndition: of -NVWa. -TBMKt. u g?nerall/. ' Trie?** following: editor!,- , from, tho Baltimore tiun,- ot the 8tb,< is full or reason, and coming from soable'?nd ro 1 fable *> comm?jrcial journal, we gladly give placa ^Ajj-v.? y t. ?j..?. i***., i. (,./ QWd ". ? i*. | ,X7^f (?ttolB^tt ^biohj bap 'Jfo^ax drawn to, tho imperfections of tho' National Bank systom by the recent disastrous failure of the Merchants' Na-i tional Bank at Washington will not, perhaps, be1 without its compensating advantages to the pub? lib. ' Hereto--rp, .. in" view of. the hpHpfcoa under wiilch they were r_e?i?d'? arid tho solMlaUeriug influences by which, they, waro surrounded and governed, it soonied e car eely to avail aught to question anything in regard to national, banka.' Th?y ?vero to bo esteemed aa perfect in'tlio na ture of a s?benlo of national finance, but aa ex perience is the beat teaoher of all, that delusion will noir probably bo moasurably dispelled.- .Wo liavo more thau 'ont-' indicated that if the na tional bank By-em' Vas to be ?permanently couf tinned, there was neoeseity to adapt it more pro* peily to a, normal condition of tho country by curtailment of the great powors and privileges conferred opon the banka, during tho abnormal condition of war; Bnfc iu tho unquestioning opirit which has boon lactiouely imposed in regard to the system, oven the presoht provisions of law, instituted professedly to Becure safoty, have beep groouly dieiogardod. The Philadelphia Ledger calls attention to nomo points in the law for governing national nankin g associations, which present a wido contrast with the evident mode of manage ment of the affaira of the recently defunct insti tution, and as the oonduot in this case may possi bly afford a type of that in others, here j and thero, it is .well to look into the matter. " Sootion 29 of tho not of Juno 3d, 1801, provides that the total liabilities to any national banking association, of any porson or firm, for money bor rowed, .' shall at no timo or.cood ono-touth of the capital'?took of euch'association actually paid in." This provision of law restricted the Mor chants' Bank? whoso capital was but $200,000, from lend ing to any person moro than ?20,000 ; yet it seeds that Mr. BATOS, of thjo city, of'bit finn, was l_-> ni3hed tnth not only ono-tonth of tho capital of tho Bank, but with soma half a,' million, it is re-' ported, which. Ia moro , than . tloriblo the optiro ?mo _ii o{ tfc'e c?pltftl. _TO1\_8? i the gbfyernmrtnl, ?yali ! ic / . too, which used tho Dank as a depository, fully to the like amount. Such boing tho case, it is im portant to refer to sootion 53 of tho samo act, which declares that if tho directors shall violate or knowingly permit any of its oflicore or agents to violate the act referred to, tho charter bhall be forfeited, and every such director shall bo hold liable in bia pon-onal and individual capacity for all damages which any other person sustains iu consequence of such violation. This liability is in adtlition to that imposod on thom as shareholders, to an amount of double tho par vah?o of their stock. Director?? and stockholders in national banking associations should thercforo take caro to under stand tho nature of tlrCao obligations imposod on them by law, and they should soo that it will hot do for them to fall into tho pernicious habit of handing over the management of their associa tions, in blind confidence, to ouo or two persons, whether thoy bo officers or directors. ''If one of thoBQ banks, in the city ot Washing ton, immediately in view of tho Treasury D?part mont, dares io violate tho law in snob an open, and flagrant manner, how many moro such are there, which being at a distance, are acting in tho samo way, under tho presumption of impunity ? Hence, probably, there should be an instant and rigid examination of them all. The properly con ducted establishments will not object to this, and those conducted in any other way should of course ho investigated, whether they objeot to it or not. .... "So much as to the present law. But instead of the national banks having pnblic money on deposit, thore should bo a new law on that subjeot. It ia well suggested that the better way would be to return to the system inaugurated by law in 1816, to koop funds of disbursing'officers in the Troaeu ry, using tho assistant treasuries and established depositories in the cities, only to be drawn out upon a check to pay some debt due by the Govern ment, or for immediate use. In this way the fonds of the Government could not be run off for private speculation, as they may he when de posited with banks over whoso managers direct control cannot be exeroiaod. The National Intel ligencer says that the Government will tal?o all that it linds of the assets of the Merchants' Bank and como upon stockholders for their liabilities under the 12th section of the act establishing the national bank system; but that will probably not better the matter much, and ceitainly not correct tho erroneous principio by which ? these deposits aro made. The money of the Treasury is safeBt in the Treasury; and as the institutions afford no adequate security except for their circulation, it is to bo hoped that Congress will not only see to ibis reform in tho law, but take measures also to moro effectually protect' flepotitor? among the people, small shareholders, and others crediting tho banks."- . . >.'.. , I ...... I ?? 53 . : By Last Night's Mail. Our dates from the North by last night's Mail and ?Express aro to the 9th : _,. M. I I-BOCEEUINOS IN OONQBKSS ON THE 8TH. ? In the Senate ..the * Boneo joint 'resolution in relation to the attempted assassination of -the Emperor of Russia was passed. Mr. Chandler, from the Committee on Commerce, re ported a joint resolution directing tho Secretaries of War and the Navy to unite in establishing a uniform system of quarantine in the ports of the United Kates. The expiration of the morning hour postponed further consideration until tno next day. Tho joint resolution to exclude crude petroleum from tho internal tax was taken up and passed. Consideration of the Poetofflce Appro priation Bill waa resumed, the pending motion being on Mr. Trumbull's amendment relative to appointments to office. Mr. Trum bull offered a substitute for the above amendment, which was discussed by soveral members, but no action'.fas reached. In the House, Mr. Waahburne, of Illinoi-j, offor ed a resolution which was adopted, directing the Committee on Banking to oxamine into all the facts and circumstances connected with the recent failure of the Merchants' National Bank at Wash ington. Xhe House then proceoded tp the con sideration of tho special order, being tho joint resolution reported by the Reconstruction Com mittee, proposing an amendment to the Constitu tion of the United States. The debate was opon ed by Mr. Stevens, of Pennsylvania, In support of the Joint resolution, and continued by several other members. At the evening aossion the Tax Bill was taken up. The first section, imposing a tax of five cents per pound on cotton, waa adopted. The following newB paragraphs are from the Washington correspondence of the New York Times, dated 8th : .?...??.?.. THE BEOOHBTBTJOTIOS" DEBATE. *' ' ' " The great debate on the Reconstruction Report oponed in the House to-day i in e. prompt and vigo rous manner. It was the first thing in order after the Chaplain's prayer, and ?an effort by Mr. Gar field'to Baye the consideration of tWraatterpost poned until the Revenue Bill was disposed of, waa voted down ori' a oall of the yeas aud nays by 51 against 82, so the House resolved to go on, and Mr. Stevens opened in a carefully proparod speech, supporting the report strongly, though it was not! io all respects what he could wish. He was as) sarcastic as usual toward "the man at the other; end of the avenue," and then turned and flaggo lated bia political compatriot, Sumner, ratber Be-: verely. Mr. Blaine (Union) followed briefly .striking the first blow against the disfranchising section or the amendment, by showing that it would bo' an act of bad faith to all those who had been par-, doned by Presidents Lincoln and Johnaon in their amnesty proclamations, issued m purauauoo .of the Aot of Congress of 'July. 1868, which would in clude all tho participants in the rebellion except those of? (Be exceptad . classes, /ave. Stevens at onoe gave his oase away by admitting that all thus) pardoned would not bo| affected by the disfran chlsement; but Judge Bingham suggested that i this amendment, as a part of the organic law,' swept away all provisions, of acta in conflict with! it. Whether it was go'od - policy to do that was another thing. Mr. Finok (Dem.) then followed in a half-hour written speech of the usual Demo-?1 ? crati.0 argumonte, .when Goa Garfield/took tho floor in opposition to tho eeotlon, and sahl that, nu it stood, it waa no penalty and no punishment. He would disfranchise rob?la forover or not at all. Mr. Thayer (Rep.) made an eloquent speeoh on tho same Bide, approving heartily of the whole plan ex cept the third section. Mr. Beyer then took up tho Democratic thread of argument, and was followed by Judge Ke?ls-y,'whose 'oratorical rapier mado eomo brilliant thrusts in a rouning debate with bia Domocratio oolieaguo. Mr. Kelley favored tbo plan as reported from tho committee, though not In Juat stich ship? aa bo, wanted ?. / General Sobenok then spoke^dlrqctinj; his chief ?rgt;moni) against the third a?ot?ou, approving all the reet. Mr. Green Olav Smith closed tho debate for the day in a apeeon of diffuse opposition to the whole scheme, interspersed with moro or leas interrup tion. The result of the debate Ja .highly import ant, in showing a strong opposition to tho disfran chising section and a hearty approval of all tho reat. It really looka as though tho section lu question would be atriokon out, and the others agreed upon by u full two-thirds vote. This, with aa fast aa they ratify the amendments which will , undoubtedly prevail, will ensure the unanimous .9P.P?Xk Vf. the Republican majority,in .the Hones', 1HDIAH AFFAIRS-AaUUVAZ. OF COL. WTNXOOP, , j QW> ^>V^i?ot5P $m& to W9 to?tjr>to.day1: oait ft ,*-..,/. I from tho West, whore ho has succeedod io effecting atroatywith tho warliko Indians of the Plains, through which security iu insured to both the settlors and tho emigrants to and in the West. Hie Covington ruaesacro inconsed tho various tnbos and thoy assumed a warlike attitude. Col. Wynkoop, formerly of tho First Colorado Cavalry, was, by the urgent roquost of both tho whites r.nd tho Indians, retained in tho Borvice of tho War Department for tho especial purpose of offecting a peaceful soluti m of the troubles on tho Plains, and in this lino of duty, directed to roport to tho Department of the Interior. Uudor instruc tions, the Colonel loft Washington Doo. l8, 1865, and energetically pushed forward toward tbo Far West. March 1, 18G0, ho convened tho scattered Indian tribesjon Blull]Creek, south of tho Arkansas River,ei/>hty milea from Laerned,and effected their full indorsement of a treatv promising to seourothe most beneficial resulta under its terina. The set tlers and the emigrants will be amply protected in all their rights, and no apprehension need be felt of further Indian outbreaks. After obtaining theso concessions, the Colono), under ordora, started back to Washington to report that which ho had efrocted. bringing with bim a young white woman who had boon for years an unwilling Indian oap tive. In the performance of bia arduous duties, the Colonel has travelled thousands of milos,endur ed every hardship.and encountering manydacgers. He has mingled freely with the, moat warliko Indian tribes, and secured from them all treaties of peace and amity. Great credit is duo bim for the admirable manner in whioh he bas carried out his instructions and for the results he has achieved, Erpmising as they do to render life and property, oth ou the plaina and en rout??, more seouro than ever before. Col. Wynkoop baa received the cor dial indorsement of the Government authorities, and naturally reoeived a warm and cordial wel come from bis numerous friends. He,will remain in Waahington till the War and Interior Depart ments baVo aoted upon his able and satisfactory report. THE FBESIDENT'S ?VPPOINTlNO POWEB. The debate in the Senate thia afternoon upon tho amendment to the Poatoflloo Appropriation Bill, restricting the President in the appointing power, was more lively than any of the pre vious debates on that subject. The matter will again come up to-morrow, when a final vote will be taken, and doubtless the amendment will be rejected. Should this be the reault, we shall pro bably bear no moro of the propoaition this ses sion, aa it ia evident that a majority of the Senate is opposed to meddling further with tho Presi dent's right to romove and appoint officers upon what he deems just and proper causo. Ol'IXION COKCFJININO BANKEUS. In a letter addressed to the Secretary of tho Treasury, the Attorney-General gives his opinion that under tho statues ol' internal revenue, and the recent decisions of the Supreme Court in "/'-pkers' and bankers' oaBes," that bankers who r?gotiato salea not only of stocks belonging to fSomselves, but also of stocks belonging to others, are denominable "bankers doing business as brokers," and are liablo respectively to pay the prescribed duties upon the amount of such eales. A broker and a banker doing business as a broker, stand on precisely the aame footing in'the atatutc. We clip tho subjoined from t??e World's Wash ington correspondence, of same dato : ) TUE APPOINTING POW?B. . ' ' : The debato in the Senato to-day, on thb pro position to prohibit any officer from receiving any Hillary who is appointed bv the President during the recess of tho Senate, showed quite clearly that it ia losing .strength, and when a vote ia taken it will most, probably be defeated. Senutor. Doolittle, during the debato, mado an elaborate defence of the. President, and scared the Radicals thoroughly. CABINET ?JCETINQ-STANTON. ! j The Cabinet had an "unusually protracted'ses sion to-day, during which it is behoved that the rocont publication of the views of tho Cabinet on .be restoration was again discussed. The Radi cals still profess faith in Stanton. THE TRIAL OF DAVIS. . The Star, this morning, asserts with great posi tivoness, that the Government is making prepara tions for the. speedy trial of Jeff. Davis. . IMPENDING. VETOES. A good many members of Congress wore quite confident to-night that the President has decided to veto the Colorado bill, and the amendatory 'ha beas corpus act; i THE OHOLEBA IN NEW YORK. At the meeting of the Metropolitan Board of Health, yesterday, a communication was received, through Dr. Swinburne, from ?the Norfolk BWaru of Health, inquiring whether- we have cholora, and whether, aleo, tho rumor is well founded that tho Board has prohibited the introduction here of vegetablea from Norfolk. The Board instructed Presidont Schultz to reply that cholora ia not pre valent here, and that there has boon no lesiula tion concerning tho introduction of fresh vegeta bles fro DI Som horn norte. Notice was given the Board that Judge Barnard has grantod an in junction restraining the Board from further ac tion against the sido walk utanda at Washington Market. Roport was made against Uko stands at Fulton Market, aud it was ordered that they be cleared away. Street Commissioner Cornell ap peared and protested against tho use.of the bar racks at the Five Points for hospital'purposes., - M A Mil I KI?. . 'it ..I In this city, on the 3d lout., by Bev. W. B. W. Hows, BIO H ARD A." BRITTON and MARGARET A. O KART, itep-daughior of tho lato WILLIAM IT., JF.NNJ.MIS, sil o? Charleston, H. o. ", Iii, r? ? ?..vi ??' . !?*. In Camden, On I Thursday. M?iy 9. by Bev."Mr. Brat MOSS. Mr? I. HBYMAN, of Chester, to Mrs, ?.:P. HYAM?, < nee BAUM, of Camden. ?:? <\ ,.. -, \? . 'J'I I.'I f II" I ?J. I i.... Ill-, I.J. ?IMBSg ..i!H; . if rrl .:-, -.a. OBLTUA1LY. I tua mi )\ ?. t..; ?HID, Msy, tfth; 1800/''?OTaTOTA OATHBRIN'E FHKITA3, eec?t?d'aau^hter of AMTOHIO 8. and Muir 0. 1BXITAS. .71 , -,-,.. ! ?IV The Relatives, Kr lends fand A equal nt kn??s of Mr", and Mrs. Al B; F?EITAB are rcRpoctfnlly lu. V t?Jd,io,attend the Funeral Services of tbplr dango t*r, FklifOlA, at'flt. Joseph's Gliuxc'h, This Morning', it Nino .'oTciock'. "'.'... ri . :??;"".' ,i. A '[','[ ""May, ia' .j ' j?a-(The Uclatlves, ?it?! Friend?, of Mrs. CATHARINE LADBU?E are invited to attend her Fune ral Borvice,?, at ber la'e residence in Hampstead, This Morning, at Ten o'clock. .. . ..'.'? ?... . May13- ? '" ??'.'". i'! tl?l ' IN 1)1 to MO III AM " . j JOHN 8. ;jpAt.M?B, Captain Company K. 16th B0?i-? mont 8. 0." V.,'who waa Billed In the battlo near At-I Unta, on the 23th of ?uly. 1864/ . ', ?. ' ' ? ?.i\ 'Re hrfil'hot yt completed bia 29tu jo?r, but his llfej brief as It was, hsd not been wasted and spent without purr ose or usefulness, and he bas left behind him n character and name; willoh none whQkuew Lim, "will willingly let die *,'. i , .. , . .,.1 Barly in the late struggle for Southorn IndependenopJ he volunteered for tho war, and with Major (then. Cap tata) J OLIOS W. Foncnsn, raised a company, -whicb, through' the toilsome and bloody campaigns of Ken tucky and Tenuesaoe, vindicated its determination "to dare all and do all" for Bight and "the Fatherland." A .hatteras, remnant OLly retained to thtlr homes. Its first Captain dosed his career on the disastrous. field c f "Misalonsry Ridge," and Its second stained with his Len t's blood the red soil or Atlanta. Rut among ita; few survivors, brave men who nevtr blonchod lritho hour of battle, before the cannon't* mouth, grow pal and ead when they recall tbo early doom of their jon>n leader and friend, their companion and guide. In dan ger ne led them, in suffering and privation ho stood bo sids thi'm, and their sorrow is a groat volume of evil dence to his character as an officer, I Is worth aa a man, Dot it waa not In the camp, respectad by his follow officers aud beloved by his mon, that he was best known and amHooiilcil. The ?meero foaling of renard aad es? teem that he won abroad, was Intensified in his borne, and ho wss'evcr there an objeot of the fondest hopes and strongest affections. The stay and .prop of his Eartnt'a declining years, a tender hdeband and lovin* rother, lila death alone .could fathom and show how deep and earnest wore the. fee inga which cluatored amend him ; and a sorrow that Will not be comforted, a grief that m*y not be assnagod, most tell the story of fits wort? and their loss. j "Timolmt the impression stronger mates, j AA s'rcaftis their channels ileepor wear.". ? law days sluco his remains wero brought by ?'pious batatas," and given a final resting place .at *t?gn< the Soil he lovod to well, and fie fn whom so _ rich h\)pes and heart affections were garnered up, w< Sere await the final trump that shall rouse the patrio! Idler from Ms last Bleep. . (?HW"i . . ' < 0. ' i : ? >.'.: i% luftjtio ji> o '?.. :*'<' .'?. I ? ?t'l SPEOLAJi NOTICES. J-TOKPHAN HOUSE CHAI ?EL.-THE BEV. W. O. DANA, D. D" if tho Cootral rrosbyterlan Church, will perform Divino rcrvlco in this Chapel To Morrow Afternoon, ISthlnst., at half past Four o'clock May 2_ x HOT FIRST AND WENTWORTH STREET BAPriST CHURCHES.- The unlicd Bervicos of theso Churches will take placo To-Morrow Morning, In th. Chapel of the Charleston College, and in tlio Afternoon at tho First Baptist Church, Church Btrcct. Tho Rev, Ei T. WINKLER. D.D., having accepte? tho pastoral chargo of the United Churches, will olTlcialo st Morning Service at half-past Ten o'clock. Altcrnoon BTVICO at Flye. Scats free._ May \% to- NOTICE.-CONSIGNEES PERKCHOONEB EVERGLADE are hereby notified that she is This Ray discharging oargo st. Boyce k Co.'s Whsri. AU gooda remaining on the wharf alter S o'clock p. M., will be ? stored at the expense and risk of owners. May 13_1 , WHITE k PAINE, Agents. J9STE8TATE OWEN DUFFY AND BRIDGET DU rFY.- AB persons having any demands against said Estates, will render the same (attosted), within timo prescribed by law: and those Indebted to said Estate. wlU make payment to ? FRANCIS DUFFY, ?lay ia _ S3_Qualified AomlpUtrator. MB- WE, THE UNDERSIGNED, MERCHANTS of King street, agree to olose our storos eve- y Saturday Afternoon at 7 o'clock (dnrlng the hot weather), from Saturday, the 13th of May, to 1st of October, 1806: FOSABTIE k STILLMAN, Agents. 8TOLL, WEBB k CO. 3. B. BEAD ft CO. 8. FBIBOUBO, OAHM k CO. WM. O. WHILDEN k CO. JAMES B. BEITH. JAMES E. 8PEAB. A. H. HAYDEN. HABT ?s CO. w. MCCOMB A CO. T. KELL,. McLOY ? RICE UFFEBHARDT, CAMP8EK ft CO. BI88ELL BROTBER8. EPS TIN & ZEMANiKl. I. HYMAN ft CO. E. SCOTT A CO. LOUIS COHEN. MELCHER8 A MOLLER. HOFFMAN, BRAD HAM k CO. MayU _fl s tO- CONSIGNEES OF GOODS PER SOHR. CLARA, from Philadelphia, are hereby notlfl- that ano is disoharging at Boyoe's Wharf. AB Gooda cot taken taken away by five o'clock will be stored st their ex panse and risk. T. 8. k T. O. BUDD, May 10_3_Boyce's Wharf. j-HT OFFICE CHARLESTON GAS LIGHT COM PANY- CHAUT-srON, May 10, 186C-Tho Adjoumod Meeting of tho Stockholders of this Company will ho bela on Monday, iitli inst?, at 12 o'clock (II,) at tho Hall of the Insurance and Trust Company, No. 8 Broad street. . ' W. J. HERIOT, ; ?May 10 '_i ? 4_Secretary and Treasurer. I JSt-aT-EXEGUTOR'S NOTICE.-ALL PERSONS having demands against tho Estato of Br. HENRY B. FROST, dec-Bed, aro requested to band thom In, properly attested ; and those indebted to said Estate to make payment to cither of tho undersigned. ' HENRY FROST, M. P., J. F. M. GKDDINGS, M. D., , [ May 6_1*_Qualified Eicoutors. j sar ESTATE REBECCA L. D. FRAZER, DE CEASED.-1-AH persons having any demands against said Estate M 111 render the same, attested, within time pre- - scribed by law, and all those, indebted will make pay- ' ment to MOSES WHITERIDGE, ! May S . , . S8 Qualified Executor. r~BW BOINE8T & BURKE RECEIVE THB * latest Now. York DJ_LI_S over j ' aftornootv. Price 10 cents. : ' etuth_April 31 MW OFFICF. CHARLESTON AND SAVANNAH BAILBOAD COMPANY, MABCH 13, 1866.-At a meet*, ing of the. Board o? DI roc to ra, held this da y, tho fol lowing resolution waa adopted : ; Resolved, "That the President do canse the report oT the meeting of creditors to be published In the newspa pers, and that ho, by pnbllo notice, reqnest all bond creditors, of the Company to send to tho a "rotary a statement of the Bonds they hold, number, date and amount, accompanied by an acknowledgment of their. concurrence In the recommendation adopted at tho mooting of the bondholders; and that they may bo able to decide understand-gly, the President de publish therewith a full and plain exposition of the condition and prospecta of the Hoad, and the plan submitted to th olroholco." In accordance with the above resolution the holders of unendorsed bonds are hereby respectfully request-I to forward'to the Socrotary of the Charleston and Savan nah Railroad Company, as early as practicable, a stats? nient of the Bonds In their possession, with number, date, and amount, together with an acknowledgment of their concurrence In recommendation adopted at thm mooting ot the bondholders. It L. SINGLETARY, President. The Havannah National Republican please copy. March IS_ I *_? A MODERN MIRACLE I-FROM OLD AND young, from rich and poor, from high-born and lowly? comes tho universal voice of praise for . ? , HALL'S VEGETABLE SICILIAN IIAIR RENEWER. . It is a perfect and miraculous article. Cures baldoesa. Makes \uix grow. A bettor dreeeIng than any "oil" or "jpomatu-.." Softens brash, dry and wiry bair into? Beautiful Silkon Treases. But, above au, the great wonder la the' rapidity with which it restores GRAY St^IB" T9 J-_ ORIGINAL COLOR. ' Uso " a fow timos, and . > ? ,? J-*" ?IPRESTO/CHANGE! the whitest and wot-looking hair resumes ita youthfa beauty.. It doos not.dyo the hair, but strikes it the root? and fills It with new life and coloring matter. It will hot take a long, disagreeable trial to prove tha truth of ithls matter. Tbe first application will dogoods you will see the NATURAL COLOR returning ere? day, and; "" . . . ' !- ^^ l?i*?WT I. VU BEFORE YOU KNOW IT. . ? -,,, the old. gray, discolored appearano-. of the hair will by? ?rone, giving place to lustrous, shining, and boatitlful locks. . 11 ? :>_'' j Ask for Hall's SloUlan Hair Beoower; no other artic le at all like it In effect. You will find it DHEAP TO BUY, PLEASANT TO TRY, '.i i'*.' add SUBE TO DO YOU GOOD. ..,; Thoro aro. many lmitatlons. Be sure you procuro U*<V genuine, manufactured only by It. P. HALL ft CO.. Nashua, N. H. For sale by au. dru.'igista Wholesale Oy KINO <k OA8SIDKY, March 3 oiyr ' Charleston. 1 ' ?? I. ?' - 1- ; ; . 1 Dr. Franklin and the South Caro lina Planter. ....'' A friend relates tons that tho Summer before the war. tt the house of a hospltablo South Carolinian planter. 10 was up one morning with the sun and was about to <inturo forth on a morning walk, when ho waa checked >y tho planter at the door. "You, cannot pass, Sir. Too early." 1'Tooearly! Why, my dear Colonel, what says Dr. *i-DkMn'rr* " 'Early to fred and early to rise will make a man. leajtby and wealthy and wise.' " "Very fine, air; bat all a fallacy. Early rising and tht> nhalatlon, upon an empty stomach, of the morning oalarlavof this country, North and South, have been. ho, death of thousands-the death of thousands, air? roto the time of Captain John Smith to this day. Wait IB after breakfast, fortify your stomach with a cup of 101 coff-, and then, the noxious vapors of the night oing exhaled by tho ann, we will tako a morning ida." . _at, m'y dear Colona], I am alwsys fortifled with tv rin?>gU4.strfHOax?-**Ju?."J OELEBBATED 8XOMAOR UTTERS." , "Ah, then, sir, you may B tick to Dr. Franklin. Hoi rttor'itgtmtatOharleaton supplies me, and I ara ax -aot?ig a box ton-ay with niy wagon. Those Bitters, I _d. aro a sure protect! va against all the fevers i-r ault log Ppm malaria. Doctor Franklin holds good. sir. ov6_ la is swamps of South Carolina, if fortifled with .HosUt ?j?klK&M,-'--'?...'.?'.' !???'.? ""Ms?* -"IX, 1 ; !i ,\ Jut. - ?? 1 ? : if lift i.V.: -.f'ovv'i' :*,*.*.*1 .1 *5 ... '???? - ' Mi lui >,'! I ; , I